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International Adoption is a very complicated and at
the same time is a very rewarding process. Thousands and thousands
families adopt every year from overseas. Orphans Adoption is proud
to be part of this exciting process and making some ground braking
changes in the way it’s done. Our agency solely focuses on the
family and its needs rather then simply on the paperwork alone like
many other agencies do. We stay close to our families through the
whole process of international adoption from start to very end.
From your fist phone call or email to Orphans Adoption you will be
working with a live person and will be able to talk on the phone
with a live person whenever you needed in order to resolve any
obstacles or confusions (we are not supporting automated phone
services, and if you call us during business hours there always be
a live person answering your phone on the other side with the
greeting from Orphans Adoption).
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There are several ways to raise the money to cover at least some of the expenses of adoption. One option is for one (or both) parents to take a second job, with all of the salary from this job going directly into an account to pay for adoption expenses. Of course, this option is more practical in a household currently without children.
Many families have set up small businesses out of their homes to raise money for the adoption. One family set up a business selling teddy bears wearing “I Support Adoption” T-shirts and raised over $10,000. Another family created and sold a cookbook with all their favorite recipes.
If you aren’t up to creating something, hold a raffle. Go to all the businesses in a town and ask for gift certificates for your raffle. Then, get permission from a local business to sell the raffle tickets outside their store – just make sure you pick a store with lots of customers.
If raffles aren’t your thing, try having a garage sale. A few months before we traveled to bring our son home, we did just that. Over a two-day period, we raised enough money to cover the majority of our travel expenses!
Help from Others
While it may be uncomfortable for you to ask your parents for financial assistance, it might be one of the most viable options available for raising quick cash to offset the expense of adoption. Family members with the means may be willing to offer you a no-interest loan (or to give you the money outright). If you do get a loan from a family member, try to make your arrangements in writing to give both sides some peace of mind. And if you’re not comfortable asking for loans from family, ask relatives for gifts for your “baby fund” in lieu of birthday or holiday gifts.
There are many organizations that will let your friends and relatives make tax-deductible donations to your account at an adoption bank or foundation. Consult a financial advisor about whether or not expenses paid with foundation money are also valid expenses for tax credits for the adoption.
One adoption bank option is available from:
His Kids, Too!
PMB # 180, 3491 Thomasville Rd.
Tallahassee, FL 32309
E-mail: Hiskidstoo2@aol.com
http://www.hiskidstoo.org
If you are active in a church or synagogue, they might want to help out financially by holding fund raisers such as bake sales, car washes, or even bowl-a-thons. Talk to your religious leader about your need and he or she may be able to encourage the youth group or other organizations to volunteer their help.
Credits: Excerpted from "International Adoption Guidebook," Mary M. Strickert, © 2004
Military Subsidies
The military will reimburse active-duty personnel for most one-time adoption costs up to $2,000 per child, whether adopting a healthy infant, a waiting child, or a child from abroad. Travel costs, foreign or domestic, are not covered. There is a maximum of $5,000 in a given year, even if both parents are in the military. Reimbursement is made only after the adoption is finalized and only if the adoption was done through a state adoption agency or a non-profit private agency. Fees that can be reimbursed include adoption fees; placement fees, including fees for birth parent counseling; legal fees and court costs; and medical expenses, including hospital expenses of the biological mother and her newborn infant.
A disabled adopted child also may be eligible for up to $1,000 a month on assistance under the military's Program for Persons with Disabilities. Furthermore, the military's Exceptional Family Member Program is designed to ensure that the adoptive families of children with special needs are assigned to duty stations where the child's needs can be met.
NOTE: Independent adoptions or adoptions done through a for-profit adoption agency do not qualify for military reimbursements. (For more information about adoption for military families, call the Adoption Exchange Association at 1- (303) 333-0845. »read more
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